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Old 04-15-05, 05:34 PM
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here is my new Alpine 9813 with swing/tilt
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one more shot
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Lookin forward to checkin it out tomorrow morning gato!
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Looks clean.
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I knew this was going to happen
by bypassing the factory amps, i lost control of the mids........ so I decided to finalize the sound system once and for all.


The old subs where replaced with the new P series (rockford fosgate) Subs 12s

running on a 700s rockford amp.

as for the mids and highs, I decided to keep it all alpine to accomidate the Alpine head unit.
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so for mid's and highs all 6 1/2's are going to be replaced by these 6.5 alpines 4 total and a set of tweets....the will be powered by a 4 channel alpne amp..shown below
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Gato...


now are you going to post this up for the guys on vipstylecars to see
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thats awesome
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being installed as we speak...this is gonna be great...

i will post pics sooon..
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Looks good Gato. I still cant belive they dont make a housing unit for our car. I had to make mine on my own. Got a piece of acrylic plastic and molded it to fit, then painted it flat black and bam. what do you guys think?



I know I know I'm missing my Lexus Premium Sound emblem. All I can say is never buy those airfreshners that attach to your vents, They leak and melt plasitc. Had to repaint the vents and lost the logo
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Alpine Is Always #1 :d
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we havent heard from gato yet this morning. Anyone wanna take bets that he slept in his car last night with his new audio upgrades?


$5


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Originally Posted by 3rdelement
we havent heard from gato yet this morning. Anyone wanna take bets that he slept in his car last night with his new audio upgrades?


$5


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LOL

HERE IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT.....

oh by the way factory fronts are 61/2's and rear doors are 53/4's ...but I went 6-1/2 all around

sounds amazing.....capacitor ( i think that how you spell) is gonna be installed on friday






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nice! are the speakers in? and do they look stock? or did you have to have those custom mounted?
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Originally Posted by 3rdelement
nice! are the speakers in? and do they look stock? or did you have to have those custom mounted?

all 6-1/2's and tweeters are in place....looks stock...can't see them but you can sure hear them


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